Pick-point.



No. 555,539. Patented Au 7, 900. J. AEGERTER.

PICK POINT.

(Application filed Dec. 15, 1899.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB AEGERTER, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

PICK-POINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 655,539, dated August 7, 1900.

Application filed December 15, 1899. Serial No. 740,488. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB AEGERTER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco, in the State of California, have invented a certain new and useful Pick-Point; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of my invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates particularly to that class of implements called miner or railroad picks, which have the sharp ends made usually of hard steel; and it consists in providing supplemental pick-points adapted to be welded to an ordinary pick when the steel ends are worn out.

The object of my invention is to produce a cheap and convenient article of manufacture which can be easily and quickly secured to the pick without the help of skilled mechanics.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a vertical side elevation of one of my supplemental pick-points. Fig. 2 is a rear vertical elevation of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throu ghout the drawings.

A represents the body of my supplemental pick-point, which has the downward-pointed end and the beveled or wedge-shaped upper end provided with lengthwise ribs B and small projections C, formed upon its beveled faces.

The object of these ribs and projections is to provide suitable means for holding firmly my supplemental pick-point in position when the same is welded to the body of the pick.

My invention may be made of various sizes. However, it is preferable that the same should be made according to the shape and size of the usual pick, so that when welded together the joint forms a neat appearance.

Believing I have invented a cheap, convenient, and useful article of manufacture, and having described the same, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. As an article of manufacture a pick-point adapted to be welded to the bodyof an ordinary pick, consisting of an elongated steel or other metallic piece having a downward-pointed end and beveled or wedge-shaped upper end, provided with ribs formed upon its beveled faces, substantially as set forth and for the purpose specified.

2. As an article of manufacture a supplemental pick-point having a downward-pointed end and wedge-shaped upper end, provided with ribs 13 and projection C, substantially as set forth and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JACOB AEGERTER.

Witnesses:

J. MEININGER, H. H. HJUL. 

